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Apartment House

The Apartment House is a housing product for the Ger Districts that can accommodate several types of households.

The product responds to our research that shows that many landowners allow their relatives to live in gers on their plots; or they may allow non-family members to rent part of their land for their ger.

Over 40% of current ger district plots are occupied by more than one household, usually exteded family members that span multiple generations.

The Apartment House allows extended families to live collectively, or for residents to introduce a new income streams through rental accommodation.

Mongolia

There are 840,000 people living in the ger districts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. These sprawling settlements of gers (traditional felt tents) and self-built houses do not have centrally supplied water, heating, or sewage infrastructure. 70% of these households live in just a ger with each using an average 3.5 tonnes of coal and coke briquettes to heat their homes each winter when temperatures can drop to -40°C. The resulting toxic air makes Ulaanbaatar the most polluted capital in the world.

Even if people are able build a house, they typically lack basic sanitation, are poorly built and insulated, and still rely on fossil fuels to heat their homes.

The aim is to set up a business to design and implement affordable and sustainable homes for these districts.

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Mongolia

There are 840,000 people living in the ger districts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. These sprawling settlements of gers (traditional felt tents) and self-built houses do not have centrally supplied water, heating, or sewage infrastructure. 70% of these households live in just a ger with each using an average 3.5 tonnes of coal and coke briquettes to heat their homes each winter when temperatures can drop to -40°C. The resulting toxic air makes Ulaanbaatar the most polluted capital in the world.

Even if people are able build a house, they typically lack basic sanitation, are poorly built and insulated, and still rely on fossil fuels to heat their homes.

The aim is to set up a business to design and implement affordable and sustainable homes for these districts.